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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






2. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






3. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






4. Something that supports a sculpture






5. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






6. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






7. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






8. Known for his glass sculpture






9. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






10. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






11. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






12. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






13. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






14. Application of potassium sulphide






15. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






16. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






17. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






18. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






19. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






20. Where the revolving door was fully developed






21. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






22. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






23. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






24. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






25. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






26. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






27. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






28. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






29. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






30. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






31. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






32. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






33. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






34. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






35. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






36. Pale green






37. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






38. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






39. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






40. The amount of light reflected by a hue






41. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






42. Creates blue dye






43. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






44. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






45. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






46. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






47. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






48. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






49. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






50. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality